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Cheriyanad

Cheriyanad is a village in Kerala state of India.

Cheriyanad
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The place

Cheriyanad is a village in Kerala state of India. It lies in the Central Travancore Region, and specifically comes under Chengannur taluk in Alappuzha District.The very famous Cheryanadu Balasubrahmanya temple is located here. The Kavadiyattam which is held every year in conjunction with Taipuyam and the lighting of the Holy Pallivilakku are very famous. This land is also known as the Pallivilakkukalude Naadu.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Cheriyanad

One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Puliyur Mahavishnu Temple

    The Thripuliyoor Mahavishnu Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu and located in Puliyoor, Alappuzha District, Kerala, South India. Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Mayapiran/Thripuliyoorappan.

    3.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Cheriyanad

Airports
Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 95 km · Cochin (COK), 100 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 202 km
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Cheriyanad
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · ₹720–890
  • Kochi → Cheriyanad
    82 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · ₹680–850
  • Coimbatore → Cheriyanad
    197 km · quickest by road, 5h 21m · ₹1,810–2,260
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cheriyanad

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cheriyanad. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTaxi and auto rickshaws were available all around.
  • Get inBuses and auto rickshaws are the most convenient mode of transportation.

From Wikivoyage: Chennithala, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2023-10.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    66 km
  2. 02
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    73 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    109 km
  4. 04
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    124 km
  5. 05
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    125 km

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Around it

Next door to Cheriyanad

Cheriyanad is 43 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Mavelikkaratown in Alappuza District, Kerala3.5 km
  • Ala Grama PanchayatGram Panchayat in Alappuzha district of Kerala, India3.1 km
  • Venmanivillage in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India3.9 km
  • Puliyoorvillage in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India3.5 km
  • Kollakkadavuvillage in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India1.6 km
  • Thazhakkaravillage in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India4 km